Readium is a browser extension for the Chrome browser that will display ePUB files.
Will it display fixed-layout books created for the Apple iPad?
Posted on 26 Apr 2012 around 6pm • Tagged with: eBooks | Publishing | Technology | Permanent link to this article
This article comes with some small print:
It is unlikely to ever be finished. On this day in February 2011 (when I started to write this down), things are moving very fast and with new tablet devices appearing and new tools becoming available, the whole process of publishing to tablet devices sits on shifting sands.
The terms eBook (e-book, E-book, EBook, whatever), eZines and APPS have some very fuzzy boundaries. We are seeing eBooks that might be considered applications. We are seeing eBooks that might be regarded as interactive games and eBooks that are partially audio books. The range of development tools for eZines on the iPad (and other tablets) is growing but some are coming at a significant price. On the other hand, open source tools are gaining ground (more on this from me soon).
Standards are evolving - just today we see the first public showing ePUB version 3.0.
Posted on 14 Feb 2011 around 4pm • Tagged with: eBooks | Ideas | Publishing | Permanent link to this article
Booksquare says:
I think we all know what the publisher of today looks like. The hierarchy and positions have become comfortable, established. Sort of like really nice flannel pajamas. That’s not to say nothing ever evolves; I mean, who wears the same pair of pajamas forever? And, if you talk to publishing people, you know those flannel pajamas are threadbare in parts, have a few holes, yet remain too familiar to abandon.
Read the article here from Booksquare.
Posted on 22 Oct 2010 around 9pm • Tagged with: Publishing | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
TOC Combined Feed : Tools of Change for Publishing says:
Although the DRM-free EPUB files in our ebook bundles are compatible with many reading systems for print disabled customers, many readers prefer the DAISY format that Bookshare provides, and either don't qualify for access via Bookshare, or would prefer to pay for the ebooks. Through a collaboration with Bookshare, today we've started making DAISY files available within our ebook bundles on oreilly.com ...
Read the article here from TOC Combined Feed : Tools of Change for Publishing.
Posted on 10 Sep 2010 around 8am • Tagged with: eBooks | Publishing | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
Daily Telegraph says:
The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the world's most definitive work on the language, will never be printed because of the impact of the internet on book sales.
Read the article here from Book News: Fiction and non-fiction reviews, latest news, releases, features, interviews and authors.
Posted on 31 Aug 2010 around 8pm • Tagged with: Books | Publishing | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
